When Home Fails

As I write this story, a politician in power, somewhere, is living peacefully and lavishly in a mansion, carelessly creating policies that disfavor the "common," to further their own ambitions. They are doing all but what they promised their citizens and threatening anyone who dares to question. Shame!

The hill finished in a marshy valley that hosted every breed of mosquito in the world. A sharp hissing sound sounded out from the grass. They may have doubted the trills they'd heard in the morning, but they knew for certain what this came from.
"Guys!" Kingsley started stepping back slowly.
"Shush!" Isa said.
"It's over for us," Kingsley declared.
An anaconda was submerged in the still water...
A thrilling account of a group of migrants fleeing to safety.